It's Just Another Day - Wings

Another day of wall-to-wall rain on Monday with bearly a let up so the Traps remained inactive but much better yesterday. From the traps the

 Year's First

 BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT

 PEARLY UNDERWING

 variations of

BEADED CHESTNUT

 along with a nice example of

DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG

 DARKLING BEETLE
and the

 HOVERFLY

 Syrphus vitripennis
making up the best on offer.
Up at the Pond things are taking their time to happen
which is to be expected with new projects but this

 'cultivar' form of

EVENING PRIMROSE
added just a hint of colour while this

 small Skein of c10

 GREYLAG GEESE
were the first to be recorded there albeit as 'flyovers'.

A couple of slices of Warburtons Seeded Batch

did the trick

attracting more than 30

BLACK-HEADED GULLs

in for a nibble while this

 GOLDCREST
put in a brief appearance among a flock of foraging
Long-tailed Tits.

MALLARD
numbers more than doubled overnight to c8,

 making it look rather like a Duck Pond, while the

 MUTE SWAN

 also remained in-situ revealing not only that it is

 RINGED
but also its identity code
P7E

 Just caught in a nick of time, c2 of its mates also flew over but
seemed totally disinterested in the pond as they continued north.

A second contender to visit the 'Heath Robinson' Bird Table a
MAGPIE
while the odd

 SWALLOW

continues to be seen here daily taking a last 'kiss' of the
water before braving the English Channel.
None of these have stopped to perch hence the images from the archive.

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